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Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favorites for your buffet-style consumption. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments, email it to tips at lifehacker.com, or share it on our tips and expert pages.

Change Your MP3 Player's Country for Better Volume Control

Jeremy Moulton fights back against the man and listens to his music loudly:

If you live in Europe, and your Sandisk Sansa device is playing very quietly, reset it as a device from "North America" or "Other Country". The EU has a limit on the volume, and it means the device is capped at a certain point. Resetting it as a device from elsewhere in the world will remove this ridiculous volume cap.

Not sure if this also works with other MP3 players, but it's certainly worth a shot.

Batch Delete Favorites in Windows Using the Registry

Bob shares:

This Registry location holds all the "Favorites" you may have bookmarked in order to get at them more quickly: